1592963646000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141563 1747245965497 1714399836000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141563 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141563 ce1a8ea8-8179-3ce5-a36d-780aa3b00e32 7 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals When the Great War of 1914-1918 had ended, there was a genuine feeling among the victorious Allies that their military efforts had been instrumental in preserving modern civilization, and this and the united spirit of the Alliance were commemorated in a combined issue of medals to those who had seen active service during the conflict. 13 nations in all issued a variety of this medal; all shared the rainbow ribbon and suspension. The Japanese issue of the medal, of which this is probably a French copy made for collectors in 1920, was different from all the others in that it did not feature a type of the goddess Victory as its obverse emblem; this symbol, meaningless to Japanese culture, was replaced with an archetypal ancient warrior, barefoot and brandishing a quarterstaff. This medal is unnamed, which is probably to be explained by its being only an imitation rather than a genuine award. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. The Museum must thank Mr Sawyer Rank for his information on this medal. CM.1469-2009 1 accession number CM.1469-2009 141563 priref 141563 Watson Catalogue M ordering M-0352 previous object number LW.0352 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141563 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141563 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1919 1919 1919 1919 1920 1 1920 1920 1920 struck in the rule of state reference agent-157045 adlib-agent-157045 7255bbba-8c71-3e9c-b64e-e050e7af3c24 Japan Possibly a French replica struck in 1920 for collectors. reference term-120306 adlib-term-120306 4c444129-3d8c-340f-bfbd-b4d82e5cbd17 literal France France country uncertain France reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter mm 36.6 Weight g 20.82 reference media-116677 adlib-media-116677 65d7e74e-5386-3481-92e6-70cb6944fc18 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 140 1742589834255 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 140 1742589834255 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 140 1742589834255 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 140 1742589834255 1 image 0 media image reference media-116678 adlib-media-116678 8bb6486b-0f9b-3d12-be1f-fcc8f239357e jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 138 1742589800530 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 138 1742589800530 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 138 1742589800530 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0352_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 138 1742589800530 1 image 1 media image reference term-123089 adlib-term-123089 6fed9e33-435d-3763-8b30-1b91d11e888d Allied Victory Medal, 1914-18 denomination perhaps reference term-114652 adlib-term-114652 e21738fe-a958-381c-914e-075b1349bedb contemporary copy authenticity reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107800 adlib-term-107800 dedd7a4b-37c6-37eb-a940-3ef5964f74ae Japan subsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 508-511 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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